The changing phenotypes and genotypes of invasive pneumococcal isolates from children in Shenzhen during 2013-2017.

CONCLUSIONS: The phenotypes and genotypes of invasive pneumococcal isolates from Shenzhen Children's Hospital have changed with the passage of time. Compared with PCV7, PCV13 can more effectively protect Chinese children from IPDs. To some extent, these changes are possibly related to the usage of antibiotics and vaccines.
PMID: 31635974 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - October 17, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Bao Y, Wang Q, Yao K, Xie G, Gao W, Huang L, Liu X, Zhu C, Chen H, Wang H, Shen K, Zheng Y, Yang Y Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research